Pope Names New Cardinal Joseph Tobin to Newark

03-600Pope Francis named a moderate known for standing up for refugees and nuns to be the next leader of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. Joseph Tobin, currently the archbishop of Indianapolis, made national headlines last year when he refused to stop Catholic Charities from resettling a Syrian refugee family. He is among the 17 men who will be made cardinals in Rome later this month. Tobin is replacing Archbishop John Myers, a conservative criticized for using half a million dollars of church money to renovate his weekend home. Newark is one of the largest dioceses in the country and one of the most ethnically diverse.

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